Shade and curtain bracket.



M. BASSETT.

SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 10, 1909.

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MOSES BASSETT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1'7, 1910.

Application filed December 10, 1909. Serial No. 532,322.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mosns BASSETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade and Curtain Brackets, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a combined shade and curtain bracket, and has for its object to provide an improved device which will support both a shade roller and a curtain pole, the construction being such that it may be cheaply produced, mainly from sheet metal cut and pressed to the necessary form.

The device is particularly adapted for at tachment to the upper bar of the upper window sash, whereby the shade and curtain may be raised and lowered with the sash, so as to facilitate ventilation.

An adjustment is provided for the shade brackets, to accommodate shades of different widths. -\n advantageous attaching device is also provided, whereby the brackets can be easily and readily removed from the sash, to allow the uppersash to be lowered below the lower sash, when desired.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure l is a perspective view of the invention as applied to a window. Fig. 2 is a section showing the means for connecting the shade roller fixture. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the attaching socket. Fig. 4: is a front view of the socket.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 1 indicates the side facings of a window casing and 1 the lintel thereof. The upper sash is indicated at 2.

Each bracket is made of a piece of sheet metal cut and stamped or pressed to form a front vertical part 4 having at the upper end thereof a lateral horizontal extension 4*, a rear vertical part or shank Q, and a .horizontal connecting part 4 between the lower end of the vertical part at and the upper end of the shank 4. Both brackets are similarly constructed, except that they are made right and left.

Each bracket is attached to the upper bar of the sash by means of a sheet metal socket piece 6, attached to the sash by screws 11, and embossed or pressed out to form a space between the same and the sash to rethe horizontal part r will lie close or in contact with the bottom of the lintel.

The shade fixtures 7 and 7 are of ordinary construction, and are fastened to the front side of the arms et by means of screws 5 in threaded holes 10 formed in said arms. A. series of holes are provided so that the fixtures may be set at various positions according to the length of the shade roller. At the extremities of the arms 4 holders for the curtain pole are attached. Each holder may consist of a piece of wire bent at its rear end and fastened by rivets 9 or the like, and curved at the outer end as indicated at 8 to support the pole. These holders for the pole project forwardly beyond the shade fixtures, so that the curtain will be supported in front of the shade and will not interfere there with.

It is obvious that when the sash is lowered the shade and curtain will be also lowered, so that the upper part of the window may be opened for ventilation if desired, without danger of blowing the shade or curtain out of position. The parts may be readily removed by lowering the sash and slipping the shanks 4 out of the sockets, and said sockets being flat and thin will allow the upper sash to pass the lower sash of an ordinary window. But when the upper sash is closed the brackets are held in the sockets and cannot be accidentally dislodged therefrom.

hat I claim as new is 1. A shade support comprising a bracket having at one end an upstanding part and a horizontal arm projecting laterally from said part, means at the other end of the bracket to attach the same to a frame, and a fixture attached to said horizontal arm and adjustable thereon to vary the lateral posi tion of the fixture.

2. A shade and curtain support comprising a bracket made of a strip of sheet metal having a laterally extending arm at its outer end of said arm, and means engaging the end, and bent to form an upright part from shank to attach the bracket to a fraine; 10 which said arIn projects, a horizontal rear- In testimony whereof, I hereby aflix my wardly extending part at the lower end of signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

. said upright part, and a depending shank at MOSES BASSETT,

the rear end of said rearwardly extending Vitnesses: part, a shade fixture attached to said arm, STEDMAN J. ROCKWELL, a curtain pole holder attached to the outer I MONROE E. MILLER. 

